Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-04-30
CALLERS ON LAWYERS.
THE PRECAUTIONS THAT ARE TAKEN
 AGAINST PORES AND cRANKS. -

Hov Mistakes Are Sometimes Made.
 People Who Are Hardest to Get Hid of.
 Troublesome Women CIients-Desire
 for Litigation.
 PeoDle who visit the offices of prominent Lawyers find that they are usually cOoped
 mn in-little dens Of their own, and lahy- rinthine passages and inquisitive clerks bar the way. Those who are known to have important business with the iirI are readily admitted Co the inner cham ber. but strangers are examined and cross examined and their intentions thoroughly sifted before they can gain access. ilis evriusiyeue.s is a matter Of protection, and while the incivility of clerks ai-t middle men may be trying Co the temper ot a uerSou having a right in the office, yet sr,ch A course must he taken or The law
 -t-s would have their hands full of buSl- ness in which there was uo money, and he driven Co the verge ul suicide by bores.
 ..Tle reception room. said the chiel clerk of a large law firm Co reporter.
 ..has many queer people iu it nt times.
 There are a sct Of crauAs Of the most an-
 uoviu, kind who make tlc rounds ut tEe leading law firms in tLc city. They ere
 born lit!rants. some ol them have
 ,-7op.v. inc most of them have none.
 Whenever a man comes into an office Tor
 the first time and unroli~ an old map or
 my other document with the yellow tlH-r
 of age on it the guns are at once tr'lutH
 am him Mistakes are sometimes h-'tue-
 IL does not always do Co size up man
 from appearances. Ny resignation was
 a.kcsl once because | sat down Lard on 70 client who could sign his check Tor mall
 ion but looked like tramp. That $ one
 serious drawback; millionaires do not ai- ways look like it.
 HARD TO GET RID or.
 ..The people who own hall the clty anu can prove it and those who are interested ! iu inventions and patents arc the hardeel l to get rid of. Ii they can get hold Eiih | an evcl.l they will never lel go. ihey | have ulausibIe stories an, and ins .,t on see | ing the head uf the firm. Sometimes they ! Io rrf an audience. and as long as they mass the outer gate he thinks they arc | aII right and takes an interest ,n tAe Dusl- ness. One smart fellow got us Co bFlhS | n shit for damages against well know 3. l b1siue., man. Our client had CDcuHen- ! tarv proof that made a splendid ease and would have stood iu any court, but when . the case came tp trial it was shown that | fhc peuplc and facts were drawn From | his own imagination and thc case was | thrown out Of court. lt vas tAe thir. ! fir1,. he had fooled lawyer bat lS Le | paid for hi, fun uo hearts were broken s.The women clients uf this kind are thu most troublesome. They insist cn seeing ! the head of the firm without telling tLt-r ! business Go any one else. To tell them a | little lie about his being "Ut ls np sO'i- . for they will sit the whole day, it ueces | sary. Co test the statement. There are ! three or four women who have money and | spend their time going the rounds Df tle ! prominent lawyers. trying Co enlist tG'm | in some imaginary suit. They Will put
 up a retainer. if asked Go. but Woe be t0 ! the man who takes it. X trip Co Europe ! i- the only means of escape. They Wl. ! bring a shit on the slightest prcteuSc, lou; ! usually there is uu ground for complaint
 The desire Go l.ti-tte seems co be Ov,-' | uowCriug One Of the women visits tAt ! courts regularly, has picked Up good ! knowledge of law and can ask questions | that would make the oldest pructtiuueI l scratch his head. Nearly all these pccul | iar peoule are eccentric or mentally uu sound and most of them really believe | that they have been injured and are en' | titled 10 redress. At one time there werS ] several fine lU0kir. women WAo sought tc
 get an audience with mrst class lawyers sa 1 well as business men for blAckmaiiing pur'
 poses, and 1t Is e rule fin some .oiiices thu I strange women ars never seen by anJ | member of the firm except when Wit nesses are present It isa a peculiar thir Eh.lt women clients who have legitimate business fucourt form violent antipathy scainst any unc who Is Opp1sed co them | and do not hesitate to make known their
 intense hatred by word and manner. n-- New York Tribune. .I